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Family: John S Gorse/Elizabeth Routs (F077)

• Father | Male John S Gorse

  
  

  Born	18 Apr 1845	Hamburg, Germany
  Died	11 Dec 1920	Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS
  Buried
  Married	1870	Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS
  Father	Carl Gorse | F469 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eliza | F469 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Elizabeth Routs

  
  

  Born	29 Sep 1846	Germany
  Died	14 Jul 1920	Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS
  Buried
  Father	Charles Routs | F25 Group Sheet
  Mother	Emma | F25 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Emma Laura Gorse

  
  

  Born	29 Sep 1878
  Died	16 Apr 1959
  Buried
  Spouse	Samuel Oscar Harris | F188
  Married	1895

  
  

  Child 2 | Female Mary Elizabeth Gorse

  
  

  Born	08 Nov 1871	Richards, Vernon Co., MO
  Died	04 Jan 1920	Dexter, Cowley Co., KS
  Buried		Dexter Cemetery, Dexter, Cowley Co., KS
  Spouse	Josiah Ellis Johnson | F35
  Married

  
  

  Child 3 | Male > Charles Gorse

  
  

  Born	Apr 1874	Richards, Vernon Co., MO
  Died	17 Oct 1907	Kansas City, Jackson Co., MO
  Buried
  Spouse	Cora Lee Harris | F149
  Married

  
  

  Child 4 | Male William H. Gorse

  
  

  Born	Dec 1874	MO
  Died	1954	Mulberry, Crawford Co., KS
  Buried		Rosebank Cemetery, Mulberry, Crawford Co., KS
  Spouse	Maggie | F148
  Married	Abt 1899

  
  

  Child 5 | Female > Oma Gorse

  
  

  Born	Dec 1876	Richards, Vernon Co., MO
  Died
  Buried
  Spouse	Willam A Cutler | F355
  Married

  
  

  Child 6 | Male > Frank Herman Gorse

  
  

  Born	07 Jul 1881	Clayton, Vernon Co., Mo
  Died	31 Mar 1968	Deerfield, Vernon Co., MO
  Buried	03 Apr 1968	Evergreen Cemetery, Ft. Scott, Bourbon Co., KS
  Spouse	Alice Amma Wilson | F147
  Married	5 Mar 1907	Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS

  
  

  Child 7 | Female > Edith May Gorse

  
  

  Born	28 Dec 1882	MO
  Died	9 Oct 1963	Ft Scott, Bourbon Co., KS
  Buried
  Spouse	Ira Wintford Seaver | F076
  Married	21 Sep 1898	Nevada, Vernon Co., MO

  
  

• Photos

  The Gorse family L-R: Charlie, Edith, Frank (sitting), Emma, William, Oma, Elizabeth (Hood), and John Gorse. I may have Emma and Oma switched around.

  
  

  Documents

  Census: Gorses, 1900 Federal Census A portion of the 1900 United States Federal Census recording John & Elizabeth, Oma, Elsie, & Frank Gorse, and Ira Wintford, Edith (Gorse), & Roy Seaver living in Coal Twp, Vernon Co., MO, in 1900. Elsie is Oma's daughter. "Next door" is William and Maggie Gorse.

  
  

• Notes

  After they were married, they lived in Buller, MO, for a while in a tent (probably construction work). A storm blew their tent away, and they lost their wedding certificate in the storm.